Houseware Pros and Cons

Houseware provides powerful product analytics features like Trends, Retention Analysis, Funnels, and Flows. What I like most about Houseware is that it runs on top of a warehouse (instead of storing the data with itself), which aligns with our data and CDP strategy. Running on top of our Snowflake warehouse provides us unparalleled control over our data, addressing concerns around data residency and ensuring data security and compliance.

One of the most notable advantages is the significant cost reduction. We were able to cut our product analytics costs by over 50%, without compromising on functionality, making Houseware a cost-effective and powerful solution for our analytics needs.

Additionally, the onboarding experience was exceptional. The Houseware team went above and beyond, assisting us in setting up both Rudderstack and Snowflake. We were up and running within just one day, thanks to the personalized assistance from the Houseware team, reinforcing our confidence in choosing Houseware as our preferred product analytics solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While Houseware excels in many aspects, it currently lacks some advanced features like Stickiness, Compass, and Anomaly detection compared to competitors like Mixpanel and Amplitude. Additionally, the current UI/UX isn't the most intuitive, and there's room for improvement. However, given the Houseware team's rapid innovation pace, it's likely that they will bridge these feature gaps and potentially surpass the competition in the future. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- It's warehouse native, you get to access the same data structure it utilizes for ad-hoc querying

- The costs incurred on your warehouse are transparent and auditable

- You have complete control over what you feed houseware - create synthetic events, augment/enrich existing events, ignore events Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- It depends entirely on how you've modelled event data - can't get started without bringing events to the houseware specified structure

- The "Flows" visualization has limitations on how many dimensions you can use to filter the view - understandable because of how compute heavy this visualization is Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Houseware helps product managers like me keep a good tab on their data on a daily basis. Through easy visualisations, charts etc, it makes the process of consuming, synthesising and leveraging the data very easily. Intuitive charts also means that they can be integrated into org vocabulary very easily.

The support provided over Slack or personally is amazing and helps augment the onboarding journey on the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some of the visualisations might lack the gloss and finish of other incumbents. However, this isn't a deal breaker and should be an easy solve for the skilled team at the helm of the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

How simple it is to use. I can copy the event from our tool and see the data for it. The easiness makes it amazing.

The versatility in the data representation makes it more valuable. The trends, flow, etc Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Improve the look and feel of the product making the design slightly more delightful Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

> Easy to setup and integrate with your warehouse.

> For a product person , it lets you focus on what matter most. Product itself !!

> Removes the nuisances of analytics and let you analyse.

> Simple UI and easy to navigate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

> It's a product in right direction, although would love to have some more integrations in future which can cover more data sources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It give a holistic view of user journey across different pages. Also the funnel views are very easy to build and track.

- No code approach

- Easy interface

- economical

- customer support from houseware team

- easy integration Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- not exactly a dislike but there is a scope to have few more features, which I guess they are already working on. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Houseware is easy to use, very intituive and helps the user implement charts very easily, at one click. The flows feature of Houseware stands out, it helps analyze the exact user journey of users, and where they proceed from one event to the next. The houseware team was always available to help fix all issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The events that we need to use, have to be present on Houseware. So, we need to add them in advance Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Low code environment

Easy funnel, flow building,with lots of filters and cutouts

Fast reliable customer support

Easily integratable with various databases

No restrictions on usage and can be used on daily basis

Implementation of charts, funnels, flows,cohort is very easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some limitations around generic events else nothing as of now Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The UI easy to navigate and the functionality of funnels Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Adding a new row of analysis the add button is very small sometimes I miss that Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Base on my experience with using houseware, the following are some key highlights -

Instant Product Insights - Helps uncover valuable product insights in an instant.

Regular updates to enhance the functionality and user experience

The team is very responsive to any feedback that is shared with them Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Using the tool might involve a learning curve for some users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.